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restriction

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A regulation or limitation that restricts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: limitation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regulation, regulating

Narrower terms: load-shedding, arms control, hold-down, freeze, clampdown

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the restriction of the infection to a focal area

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confinement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: restraint

Narrower terms: classification, stipulation, specification, circumscription, constraint

6

noun

Meaning 6

a principle that limits the extent of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: limitation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rule, regulation

Narrower terms: narrowness, quantification, restraint

History

Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kufizim — act or state
  • Arabic: تَقْيِيد (taqyīd) — act or state
  • Arabic: اِقْتِصَار (iqtiṣār) — act or state
  • Arabic: قَيْد (qayd) — act or state
  • Armenian: սահմանափակում (sahmanapʻakum) — act or state
  • Azerbaijani: məhdudiyyət — act or state
  • Belarusian: абмежава́нне (abmježavánnje) — act or state
  • Belarusian: абмежава́ньне (abmježavánʹnje) — act or state
  • Bulgarian: огранича́ване (ograničávane) — act or state
  • Bulgarian: ограниче́ние (ograničénie) — act or state
  • Burmese: အကန့်အသတ် (a.kan.a.sat) — act or state
  • Catalan: restricció — act or state
  • Chinese Cantonese: 限制 (haan6 zai3) — act or state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 限制 (xiànzhì) — act or state
  • Czech: omezení — act or state
  • Danish: begrænsning — act or state
  • Danish: indskrænkning — act or state
  • Dutch: beperking — act or state
  • Estonian: piiramine — act or state
  • Finnish: rajoittaminen — act or state
  • French: restriction — act or state
  • Georgian: შეზღუდვა (šezɣudva) — act or state
  • German: Beschränkung — act or state
  • German: Einschränkung — act or state
  • German: Begrenzung — act or state
  • Greek: περιορισμός (periorismós) — act or state
  • Hebrew: הַגְבָּלָה (hagbalá) — act or state
  • Hebrew: סְיָג (syag) — act or state
  • Hindi: प्रतिबंध (pratibandh) — act or state
  • Hindi: बंदिश (bandiś) — act or state
  • Hindi: पाबंदी (pābandī) — act or state
  • Hindi: रुकावट (rukāvaṭ) — act or state
  • Hindi: निषेध (niṣedh) — act or state
  • Hungarian: korlátozás — act or state
  • Icelandic: takmörkun — act or state
  • Irish: teorannú — act or state
  • Italian: restrizione — act or state
  • Japanese: 制限 (seigen) — act or state
  • Kazakh: шектеме (şekteme) — act or state
  • Kazakh: шектеу (şekteu) — act or state
  • Korean: 제한 (jehan) — act or state
  • Kyrgyz: чектөө (cektöö) — act or state
  • Kyrgyz: чектеме (cekteme) — act or state
  • Lao: ຂໍ້ຈໍາກັດ (khǭ cham kat) — act or state
  • Latvian: ierobežojums — act or state
  • Lithuanian: apribojimas — act or state
  • Macedonian: ограничување (ograničuvanje) — act or state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: begrensning — act or state
  • Iranian Persian: مَحْدودِیَّت (mahdudiyyat) — act or state
  • Iranian Persian: قِید (ġeyd) — act or state
  • Polish: ograniczenie — act or state
  • Portuguese: restrição — act or state
  • Romanian: restricție — act or state
  • Russian: ограниче́ние (ograničénije) — act or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: ограниче́ње — act or state
  • Serbo-Croatian: ograničénje — act or state
  • Slovak: obmedzenie — act or state
  • Slovene: omejitev — act or state
  • Spanish: restricción — act or state
  • Swedish: begränsning — act or state
  • Swedish: inskränkning — act or state
  • Tajik: маҳдудият (mahdudiyat) — act or state
  • Tajik: қайд (qayd) — act or state
  • Thai: ข้อจํากัด (kɔ̂ɔ-jam-gàt) — act or state
  • Thai: การจํากัด (gaan-jam-gàt) — act or state
  • Turkish: kısıtlama — act or state
  • Turkish: sınırlama — act or state
  • Ukrainian: обме́ження (obméžennja) — act or state
  • Urdu: بَنْدِش (bandiś) — act or state
  • Urdu: پابَنْدی (pābandī) — act or state
  • Urdu: قَید (qaid) — act or state
  • Urdu: رُکاوَٹ (rukāvaṭ) — act or state
  • Urdu: مَحْدُودِیَت (mahdūdiyat) — act or state
  • Uzbek: cheklash — act or state
  • Uzbek: cheklov — act or state
  • Vietnamese: hạn chế — act or state
  • Arabic: قَيْد (qayd) — regulation or limitation
  • Belarusian: абмежава́нне (abmježavánnje) — regulation or limitation
  • Belarusian: абмежава́ньне (abmježavánʹnje) — regulation or limitation
  • Bulgarian: ограниче́ние (ograničénie) — regulation or limitation
  • Catalan: restricció — regulation or limitation
  • Czech: omezení — regulation or limitation
  • Estonian: piirang — regulation or limitation
  • Finnish: rajoitus — regulation or limitation
  • Finnish: rajoite — regulation or limitation
  • German: Beschränkung — regulation or limitation
  • German: Einschränkung — regulation or limitation
  • Italian: restrizione — regulation or limitation
  • Lithuanian: apribojimas — regulation or limitation
  • Macedonian: ограничување (ograničuvanje) — regulation or limitation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: restriksjon — regulation or limitation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: restriksjon — regulation or limitation
  • Polish: restrykcja — regulation or limitation
  • Polish: obostrzenie — regulation or limitation
  • Romanian: restricție — regulation or limitation
  • Russian: ограниче́ние (ograničénije) — regulation or limitation
  • Russian: рестри́кция (restríkcija) — regulation or limitation
  • Sanskrit: अवधारण (avadhāraṇa) — regulation or limitation
  • Spanish: restricción — regulation or limitation
  • Spanish: cortapisa — regulation or limitation
  • Swedish: restriktion — regulation or limitation
  • Swedish: begränsning — regulation or limitation
  • Ukrainian: обме́ження (obméžennja) — regulation or limitation
  • Bulgarian: рестри́кция (restríkcija) — degradation of DNA
  • French: restriction — degradation of DNA
  • Italian: restrizione — degradation of DNA
  • Portuguese: restrição — degradation of DNA
  • Russian: рестри́кция (restríkcija) — degradation of DNA
  • Spanish: restricción — degradation of DNA
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